Does this count as a splash-signing? Asking for a friend.
After having a visit planned for Thursday, March 14, free agent defensive tackle DJ Reader is leaving the city with a deal in place, agreeing to a two-year deal worth a maximum of $27.25 million with the Detroit Lions.
At 6-foot-3, 335 pounds, Reader has been a force of nature on the inside since entering the league as a fifth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, and pairing him with Lions’ defensive tackle Alim McNeill immediately gives Detroit one of the more formidable interior duos in the NFL.